- From: Rich Fields <fields@slr.orl.lmco.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 09:52:57 -0400 (EDT)
- To: www-validator@w3.org
> > My reading of HTML4 standard indicates that use of <OL> as a > > list within a <PRE> block is acceptable. Am I misunderstanding > > something? I'm reading the summary at > > > > http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#h-9.3.4 > > > > and from this I'm assuming that only the following entities > > are excluded from PRE: IMG|OBJECT|BIG|SMALL|SUB|SUP > > The only elements allowed inside a PRE are inline elements other than IMG, > OBJECT, BIG, SMALL, SUB and SUP. OL is a block element, hence not > permitted. > > It is difficult to see how an OL element could be inside a PRE element, > since the indentation, numbering style, etc. cannot be known in advance. > > Tim Bagot I see your point, and I now see how I was misinterpreting the spec, but interestingly enough, both NS and IE render this, as well as many other block elements within PRE. Thanks. Rich
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